The annual Friends of NRA Dinner is Friday! This important event raises funds to teach firearms appreciation, safety, and patriotism to youth all over America. Several large checks from FNRA have been received by local 4-H & Boy Scout groups to further the goals of this charitable organization. Click here to buy tickets, or just show up at the Swiss Club at 6:30 pm Friday February 16 for a fun time and a great steak dinner!

Some folks, after careful consideration, choose to purchase an EDW (Electrical Discharge Weapon) for home defense rather than a firearm. We sell TASER brand EDW’s here at the range. We’ve been a TASER dealer for several years, and customers who have chosen that alternative seem pleased with the purchase.

TASERs offer unique advantages over other EDW’s, and are available to adult purchasers who reside in California. Some of the features are; when you fire the TASER, the electrical charge continues for 30 seconds, even without user action. That way the user can run away to safety while the aggressor is still immobilized. Also, the TASER can be remotely disabled by the user if it falls in to the wrong hands. There are many other features that you might want to consider, if you want to choose an EDW for your use. We have these at the range in several colors, come take a look if you’d like more information. The TASER would certainly be a good option if your student who is over 18 years old, is going away to college, and you think she or he might need a self defense option.

We have all kinds of great ideas for gifts, but the best is a gift membership! Sign up your friend, spouse, boss, or other special person for a one-year membership, and pay for only 10 months, and we’ll waive the initiation fee. You’ll save $80, and the person receiving this gift will thank you every single time they visit the range. Have you been a member for more than one year? If so, upgrade your membership to Platinum Level! With Platinum Membership, you pay no more dues for the next 5 years, you get access to our exclusive Platinum Lounge, you can reserve lanes, get free tuition to almost all the classes we teach here, 12 free guest passes each year, Platinum Member wearing apparel and gun bags, and 10% off all year on everything purchased at Border Tactical and Phoenix Uniforms. You’ll also get other perks such as 4 free ultrasonic gun cleanings each year. Usually $3999.00, the Platinum Membership is on sale until December 24th for just $3444.00!

This is the season everyone anguishes over what to give to that special person who is hard to buy for. Here are some gift ideas available at the range: Gift Cards, memberships, hunting apparel, tactical watches, knives, sunglasses, handgun & rifle bags, extra magazines, scopes, flashlights, and hats. Gift cards can be used for tuition at our classes as well as for merchandise & membership dues, so that’s always a great idea. Gun bags can be personalized with embroidery right here in the range, to make a gift even more personal! And, if you are a range member, we’ll embroider a name on any gun bag you purchase here, for free! (This offer ends December 21st, you must be a Border tactical member to take advantage of this offer!)

We have ordered some Sig Saur pistols for range guns. Now you can rent Glocks, Springfields, Rugers, S&W, Sig, Taurus, Walther, and Mossberg pistols, shotguns, rifles, carbines, and revolvers for use at the range. We’re well stocked with ammo as well, all calibers from .17 up to .45. We have the hard-to-find .17HMR, .45ACP, 7.62×39, 10mm, and of course .357, .38, 9mm, .357, and others. Our .223 in boxes of 50 are very popular, if you want some, better stock up soon!

Once again its Dove Season in the valley! The range has what you need for hunting. We have lots of ammo (12, 20,and .410 guage!), recoil pads, vests, hats, shotgun shell belts, and more. Sometimes it seems like the big box stores run out of ammo, especially the 20 & 410, but we have more than enough to last the season. Be sure to forward this email to your friends from out of town who hunt here, they’ll appreciate the info. We also have some Border Tactical hunting caps in cammo. While they last, we’ll give a free hat to any customer who buys at least $25 in shotgun ammo during dove season.

We have a Glock Armorer’s Course coming up at the range, July 12th. This one-day course, taught by Glock factory instructors, will teach the student everything needed to care for a whole department’s worth of Glock pistols. Students successfully completing the course get a certificate as a certified Glock Pistol Armorer, good for 3 years. You must sign up at the Glock website here

Also coming up: Multi-State CCW class June 18th. Call the range at 353-4884 to enroll, or just to get more information on these classes.

THE NEW # 1 BURGLAR SECRET: I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT YOUR “FACE BOOK” SITE AND READ
WHERE YOU TOLD A FRIEND THE EXACT DATES YOU WOULD BE OUT OF TOWN WHICH GAVE ME
A LOT OF TIME TO EMPTY YOUR HOUSE.
1. Of course I look familiar. I was here just last week cleaning your carpets, painting your shutters, or
delivering your new refrigerator.
2. Hey, thanks for letting me use the bathroom when I was working in your yard last week. While I
was in there, I unlatched the back window to make my return a little easier.
3. Love those flowers. That tells me you have taste … And taste means there are nice things inside.
Those yard toys your kids leave out always make me wonder what type of gaming system they have.
4. Yes, I really do look for newspapers piled up on the driveway. And I might leave a pizza flyer in
your front door to see how long it takes you to remove it.
5. If it snows while you’re out of town, get a neighbor to create car and foot tracks into the house.
Virgin drifts in the driveway are a dead giveaway.
6. If decorative glass is part of your front entrance, don’t let your alarm company install the control
pad where I can see if it’s set. That makes it too easy.
7. A good security company alarms the window over the sink. And the windows on the second floor,
which often access the master bedroom- and your jewelry. It’s not a bad idea to put motion detectors
up there too.
8. It’s raining, you’re fumbling with your umbrella, and you forget to lock your door-understandable.
But understand this: I don’t take a day off because of bad weather.
9. I always knock first. If you answer, I’ll ask for directions somewhere or offer to clean your gutters.
(Don’t take me up on it.)
10. Do you really think I won’t look in your sock drawer? I always check dresser drawers, the bedside
table, and the medicine cabinet.
11. Here’s a helpful hint: I almost never go into kids’ rooms.
12. You’re right: I won’t have enough time to break into that safe where you keep your valuables. But
if it’s not bolted down, I’ll take it with me.
13. A loud TV or radio can be a better deterrent than the best alarm system. If you’re reluctant to
leave your TV on while you’re out of town, you can buy a $35 device that works on a timer and
simulates the flickering glow of a real television. (Find it at faketv.com